Re: game wizard 32 - I can't get it to work.

Posted on 2008-08-16, 14:40

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Yes, I have installed "game wizard 32" (program for DOS), specifically for/inside your DosBox emulator. Regarding bugs.debian.org, I'm afraid I am unable to find any reference for gw / game wizard. Could you please give me a specific URL for gw within bugs.debian.org? Thanks a lot if possible, best …

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Re: Mouse problem with Dosbox and Stonekeep

Posted on 2008-08-16, 14:37

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Update - I ran Stonekeep on an old Pentium II based machine, inside Windows 98 "dos box mode", and I got this specific mouse problem! (The mouse cursor zooms over to the right hand side of the screen if you try and pick something up) So, it's not a DosBox (emulator) problem, it's more to do with …

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game wizard 32 - I can't get it to work.

Posted on 2008-08-16, 13:34

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at the dos prompt, if i type - gw a windows error box pops up saying "do you want to send an error report to microsoft?" (I'm not sure they can help me with this one.) if i type - gwsetup this config program seems to work, and i can select my settings and save my settings to its config file. if i …

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Re: Throttle CD-ROM drive speed in DOS?

Posted on 2008-08-12, 18:07

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Hello Locutus, I run your utility (in pure Dos 7) using this command line - cdbq /ide:1 /mode:1 /rate:600 and I receive this error - !! Error: Timeout waiting for DRQ I have also tried a rate of 1500, and I receive the same error message. Do you have any advice please? Thanks a lot, from Robert.

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Re: Junk

Posted on 2008-08-12, 14:31

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nice desktop.

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Re: Throttle CD-ROM drive speed in DOS?

Posted on 2008-08-10, 16:14

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Thank you very much locutus, I have already downloaded your tool, and I will run and test your product as soon as possible. I will definitely post back with some initial results. Many thanks, all the best from Robert.

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Re: Mouse problem with Dosbox and Stonekeep

Posted on 2008-08-10, 16:07

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Yes, doing this - set autolock=false in the conf file. (advice from Vogons user "LoneLines") worked for me also. I tried leaving using the mouse until in-game, but that didn't work for me. Only the above config file alteration cured the "mouse zooming over to the right hand side" Stonekeep problem.

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Re: S3 graphics card recommendation for DOS please

Posted on 2008-08-08, 12:56

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Re: "These are VBE 1.2 though" I see. My aforementioned Stealth card is I think VBE 2, so I was hoping to get a S3 VBE3 card. (Perhaps they don't exist? Should I just make do with "Display Doctor"?) Thanks a lot.

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Re: Windows 98SE and Large Hard Drives

Posted on 2008-08-07, 16:40

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I'm really interested in this. Please can I double-check something - will Windows 98SE installed on a C: drive partition never be able to see more than 127? GB on that C: drive partition? I have a "BX-based mobo", and my HDD is 300GB. Luckily, the mobo BIOS does not hang/freeze on POST with this HDD …

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S3 graphics card recommendation for DOS please

Posted on 2008-08-07, 16:22

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Something fast, and with good VESA support. (I've got a Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro, but I think it's only VBE2, and the drivers may also be a bit buggy.) So, I was hoping to try out another S3 based chip graphics card... Thanks a lot, best regards, Robert.

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Re: Info & Thoughts about this Video Card?

Posted on 2008-08-07, 06:56

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Do VLB graphics cards work properly if you connect them to modern LCDs?

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Re: Grainy-looking display for Windows 3.1 game

Posted on 2008-08-07, 06:54

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I'm sorry wd, I uninstalled it.

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Re: Is it worth getting Windows Millennium?

Posted on 2008-08-06, 14:46

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Very interesting info regarding ATA etc, thanks a lot for sharing that info.

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Re: Is it worth getting Windows Millennium?

Posted on 2008-08-05, 20:40

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swaaye, thanks very much for the Win98 SP link. I'm definitely going to give that a try.

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Re: Grainy-looking display for Windows 3.1 game

Posted on 2008-08-05, 19:00

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Thanks for the info.

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Re: Let's play a game: change a letter

Posted on 2008-08-04, 04:22

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pavane (same thing as above) Gee, I'm bored. 🤣

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Re: Roland SCC-1A : how rare are they?

Posted on 2008-08-03, 17:28

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Thanks a lot for your sympathy.

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Re: Roland SCC-1A : how rare are they?

Posted on 2008-08-03, 16:52

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".....having to pay the staggering amount of £6....." Bollards! I offered that geezer 50 quid plus a tenner postage, not realising he had a whole room full of the bloody things!! AND mine was covered in dust!! What's this about SCD-15s? Do you mean the Roland daughterboards you "push on to" …

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Re: Grainy-looking display for Windows 3.1 game

Posted on 2008-08-03, 13:44

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I changed the 256 colors desktop to 16-bit, but the game complained that this color depth was not the one that it wanted. (I ran the game in 16-bit, but it didn't help the situation.) I also double-checked the manual, and it definitely says that it wants 256 colors. Thanks for the suggestion though. …

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Re: The ultimate video card?

Posted on 2008-08-03, 13:36

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Perhaps someone could do a similar advert, but for a sound card - based around the silly-sounding Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty 7.1 Champion Series? (Squeeze in the word Pro there too.) It could feature an unnecessarily large number of speakers and cables (10.1 "4D" sound system?), a …

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